How long before other prices rise?

[crosses]

I know that fuel costs dictate the price of a lot of the things we buy. With the price of gas at the current level, how long will it be before we start seeing a rise in the prices of our food and other things? Is there a general rule for this? Should I be stocking up on certain things with the assumption that they will cost more in the near future?

[mara61]

I am noticing a shortage of milk at the grocery store, and think this could be tied in. I only do organic for ds, but have noticed that all milk is not being replenished as quickly. I would definetly expect certain items to rise in price, ie..coffee, tea, milk, meat, etc...

[PrincessPerky]

Err arn't they already? I remember when milk was less than 2$ a gallon.

[miclason]

here in ES it'll take about 2 days for prices to start climbing after gas prices go up!!...

[mjrube94]

In our area, anything dairy is through the roof! The warehouse club still offers the best price on milk, 1/2 and 1/2 and eggs, but I usually only go once a month. Our local grocery store puts a different type of milk (1%, 2%) on sale each week at about $2.49/gal, otherwise it's close to $4! I've also heard coffee will be going through the roof due to the tsunami/earthquake in Indonesia. Not looking forward to that!

[mara61]

the milk had gone up, but I think it is going to go up even more. Our stores here, still run a sale on 1/2 gallons, but that is it.

[mom-from-missouri]

Basically I think everything will go up, as freight/delivery prices are increasing with the fuel.

[skipper]

my dh drives truck part time and the frieght rates have gone up about 40% since last year.

[tclah]

My worries exactly. Prices of milk here are already climbing, its about $2 for a 1/2 gallon of milk and anywhere between $2.30 & $ 2.65 for a gallon. Meat prices are also climbing here. I don't no about everyone elses, but I have a growing boy and he eats a lot and I can not very well tell sorry sweety Mommy can't afford to by milk, etc any more.

[kashi]

The world's getting crazy when you have to have a Milk Budget. seriously.

[PrincessPerky]

I dunno I think Milk has always been comparativly expensive (though I could debate the minimum state prices have an adverse effect) I know for most of my lfe it has been cheaper to get a couple 3liter bottles of pop than milk. (all of it that I could compare prices, but I wont speak for before without research)

[terry1156]

With predictions that oil prices will remain high through the summer, I think we're going to see higher prices all the way around.

[Russell]

Originally Posted by miclason

here in ES it'll take about 2 days for prices to start climbing after gas prices go up!!...

ES as in Spain ?

So how much do you pay for the gas/petrol in Spain ? From what I know the US is still one of the cheapest...believe it or not

[kashi]

ES=El Salvador

[Russell]

Ah I see, thanks for the correction.

I was going by the ISO country codes according to which El Salvador is SV and Spain is ES.